The best white noise machines mask distractions, use screen-free controls, and offer white, pink, and brown noise options to lull you to sleep.

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“The sound machine can generate any of several types of sound, from nature [or] music,” Dr. Cory Portnuff, an audiologist at the University of Colorado Health’s Hearing and Balance Clinic, says. In ...

We all have those nights when we just can’t fall asleep or have trouble staying asleep — and poor rest can wreak havoc in all kinds of ways the next day. For some, background noise is the answer, ...

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